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Questionnaire: Power Supply Design Engineer (Philippines)

Candidate Name: Vince Harrold A. Altura

1. Why are you currently exploring new jobs?


 I have been working at my current company for three years now and have gained a lot of
skills, knowledge, and experience in Digital Layout (Implementation). At this point in my
career, I want to explore more and expand my expertise in the IC Design field as part of my
career goal. Shifting from Digital to Analog Design would be of great opportunity for me to
pursue my goal. I am ready for new challenges, eager to learn new skills with my new
responsibility and willing to have a chance to make an impact in another position.

2. Why are you interested in Power Integrations and this particular job?
 My colleague working in Power Integrations have recommended this opportunity to me. With
this, I went to your website and found out that Power Integrations have been founded since
1988 and the company’s growth based on its milestones has been fast-moving which makes it
a large and well-established company. I'm excited about this job opportunity, as it would
allow me to pursue my goal by expanding my skill and knowledge in the semiconductor
industry through this new role while taking this opportunity as well to contribute to an
exciting company in achieving its mission.

3. Have you reviewed the job description and feel qualified?


 Yes, I have reviewed the job description along with its specific responsibilities. As I have
mentioned, my previous experience was in Digital Layout (Implementation). My current
capabilities and qualifications could not be fully utilized in this new job role (Analog Design).
However, few of my experience such as software skills (programming) and mathematical skills
can be of use. The more complex and highly technical skills/knowledge needed to be
successful in this role is what I am willing and eager to learn and be trained for. Therefore, I
am highly motivated to have this opportunity.

4. Do you require a work visa now or in the future from the employer to work in the Philippines?

 No

5. What is your current annual compensation?


 393,132

6. What is your target annual compensation?


 Range: 550,000 – 600,000

7. When is the best time and day for you to attend phone and on-site interviews?
Questionnaire: Power Supply Design Engineer (Philippines)

(our work schedule is Tuesdays – Saturdays, 7 AM – 4 PM)


 Anytime on Saturdays
8. When are you able to start after accepting an offer?
 I can start working in the company 2 weeks after accepting an offer.

9. How many years of experience do you have as a design engineer?


 I have been working for 3 years and 4 months as Digital Layout (Implementation) Engineer
which is under Digital Design field.

10. How many years of experience (professional or academic) do you have in the following? Please
elaborate.
a. Power supply design [please identify applicable years of experience in the following: power
converters/conversion/management, switching/switch mode power supply units (psu),
inverters, power electronics design equipment, analog electronics design, control loop design
and power magnetics design (transformer, chokes or inductors)]
 I have no experience on actual application of power supply design.

b. Power electronic circuitry design for industrial electronic equipment


 Professional experience: 5 months
o 1 project I have worked previously is a device power supply (DPS) design. I have not
done any actual design work, but I have been part of the Implementation/Layout of
some of the Digital blocks in the design.

c. Specification creation and technical report writing


 Professional experience:
o Specification creation: 1 year (DFT – design for test)
 Created an HRM (hardware requirement manual) when designing MBIST
(Memory Built-in Self-Test) in a 40nm process node design.
 Development of MBIST documents for best practices and guidelines that will
reduce its development time in the future projects which also serves as a
reference for MBIST flow.

o Technical report writing: 1 year (DFT – design for test)


 Submission of technical papers in a conference
- Submitted and presented a paper in Digital Design and
Implementation (DDI) conference entitled “PMBIST Configuration to
Reduce Test Time to Multiple SRAM instances in 40nm technology”
Questionnaire: Power Supply Design Engineer (Philippines)

d. Software development
List of software skills:
 Academic experience:
o MATLAB programming: 1 year
 Construction of Chebyshev Type I Band-Stop Digital Filter using Bilinear
Transformation for an Audio Input Signal with a 44100 Hz Sampling Frequency
o Arduino programming: 2 years
 Multiple robotics-related projects
 Professional experience:
o TCL and Shell scripting: 2 years

e. Mathematical/algorithm development
 Academic experience:
o MATLAB + Arduino programming: 1 year
 Estimation of Resistance for a Specific Temperature using Direct Method of
Polynomial Interpolation
- Utilization of numerical methods through MATLAB for an actual
application.

11. If there are gaps of more than 3 months between jobs or if tenures less than 4 years at
companies, please explain:
 In my current job I have experienced different challenges and I was able to accomplish a lot of
those tasks in which some of it was outside the scope of my role. Limited trainings were
provided but the expectation was not properly aligned. With this, I felt less satisfied and less
fulfilled at my current work which made me realize that I cannot show and provide my full
potential in the job responsibilities. These are the reasons why I want to pursue a new career
path to rebuild my passion while achieving my career goal at the same time.

12. Any additional information you would like to add:


 Additional languages at business professional level.
o English
 Open to relocation?
o Yes
 Driver’s license in target job location if the job requires travel.
o No driver’s license yet.

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